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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Brinjal-Drumstick curry goes really with rotis and rice.The time to prepare it is also very less.We make this curry regularly for rotis.Here i have added brinjal and drumstick but you can add the vegetables accordingly to your taste.It requires only chilli,coriander,onions and tomatoes.I have added grounded peanuts powder to this curry which had given a wonderful taste.

Wash and cut each brinjal into 4pieces and soak them in salt water.so that it will not become sour.Then cut the Drumsticks 1 inch length.

Heat a pan with oil,add mustard+udr dal once they pop add chopped onions along with crushed garlic and curry leaves and fry them till onions turns into light golden colour.

Add chopped tomatoes along with brinjal and drumstick pieces.Give them a nice stir and then add turmeric,chilli and coriander pwds along with salt and fry them all on medium flame for 5mints or till the brinjals changes its colour.

Add required water and cook with closed lid till all the vegetables are cooked and until gravy becomes little thick.

Once all are cooked add groundnuts pwd and mix well and cook for few mints.Finally add coriander leaves and remove from the hob and transfer into a serving bowl and enjoy greatly with rotis or rice.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Pepper Rice is Traditionally eaten with lamb curry in the south of India. And rice dishes are eaten with almost every meal.I saw this Pepper Rice is Priya's blog and i tried it by adjusting the ingredients accordingly to my taste.It came really well and it takes less time also to prepare it.

Then add the pepper mixed rice to it and mix well and allow to cook for few mints.switch off the hob and remove the rice into a serving bowl and enjoy!as i have prepared for my dinner we had it with onion raita and tasted very well.

Monday, October 25, 2010

Chicken Tikka which is very famous in India as well as in UK.This dish can be had as starter or as Curry.Chicken Tikka is of roasted chicken chunks served in a rich-tasting red or orange-coloured sauce. The sauce is usually creamy, lightly spiced and contains tomatoes. The origins of chicken tikka masala are disputed.chicken tikka masala to be the most popular dish in British restaurants and it has been called "Britain's true national dish.Chicken tikka masala is chicken tikka, or chunks of chicken, marinated in spices and yogurt then baked in a oven.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

I made this buns yesterday..though it is Autumn here but it started snowing..and it is very cold ,of course it is my first winter here.So i thought of having a hot cup of coffee with bun.I don't prefer buying buns from the shops.So then i thought of making these homemade buns which came really soft and tasted yummy with a cup of coffee.

Placed in preheated oven at 210ºC Fan/ 230ºC/Gas 8 for around 10 minutes

Cooled and ready to eat!

Preparation:

Put the flour, salt, sugar and yeast together in a bowl and mix them together.

Add water and olive oil to the flour and knead them well to form a smooth dough.

If it gets sticky then sprinkle a little flour.Then put the dough back in the bowl and cover with a tea towel. Put it in a warm place for about 45 Min's–1 hour so that the yeast works its magic and the dough grows.

Tear the dough into chunks and roll it into six small balls. Then, using a pastry brush with a little oil, grease a baking tray.

Place the balls onto a baking tray and then put them in a pre-heated oven at 210ºC Fan/ 230ºC/Gas 8 for around 10 minutes, or until they have risen and are browned on top. When the buns has cooled down, you can have it with Tea or coffee !

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Today i made Wheat Lado0's which tasted delicious and its quite easy and everything will be done with in 10mints.The ingredients required are regularly available in every home.Actually i saw this wheat Laados in PJ's blog"Seduce Your Tastebuds" and it inspired me very much making immediately.With Slight modification according to my taste i made this ladoos.Thank u so much PJ for sharing this recipe.

Heat the butter in microwave for less than 2mints.Add this melted butter to the flour mixture and mix well without having any lumps.

Now Transfer the mixture into a microwave safe bowl and cook on high power for 6mints.And every 1mint remove and mix well in order to see that there is no lumps in it.You will get nice aroma smell at 3mints stage.Once 6mints is done remove it and add nuts and mix well.

Add the powdered sugar and mix well and allow it cool and then make laados and enjoy tasty and delicious ladoos.

Monday, October 18, 2010

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Friday, October 15, 2010

Today i have prepare this Punjabi Kadi Pakoras for my lunch and it came really well.First time i am preparing this dish.This dish is adapted from "Bombay Foodie" of Simran and sending to "ICC"by Srivalli.

In a bowl mix besan,salt,chilli pwd along with water to get a batter of semi thick .

Heat a pan with oil for frying,when oil is hot,dip the onions which we chopped into lengthwise in the batter and drop into the hot oil.Fry until they are crispy.

Drain and keep aside.

For Kadai:

Take a bowl and make a smooth paste of besan and curd by mixing up with water to form a thin batter.

Heat a kadai with oil,add all seeds,once they pop add chopped onions and fry till they turn light brown colour.

Add the mixture which we have prepared along with turmeric and chilli pwd and required salt and cook on medium flame until the gravy becomes thick.In middle-middle give a stir in order to prevent burning at the bottom.

Once the gravy becomes thick add the fried pakoras and bring to boil for 2mints.

Finally before removing from the hob add garam masala and amchur pwd.Transfer it into a serving bowl and enjoy tasty n delicious Punjabi Kadi Pakoras.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Lemon rice or Chitraannam is prepared in home every Tuesday for naivedyam for god "Subramanyam"along with curd rice.This is to be compulsory to prepare in my home i.e either lemon or tamarind rice.Of course it is easy to prepare ingredients required are also few..just cook the rice and keep aside by mixing it with oil,salt,turmeric pwd and lemon juice. Then fry curry leaves,mustard seeds,cashew nuts,green chillies,groundnuts in oil and add the rice and mix well.

Preparation:Wash and soak rice with 2cups of water in a pressure cooker for 5mints.Once 5mints is done.Keep the pressure cooker on hob and cook for 2whistles.wait for few mints to cool the cooker.

Once it is cooled take the rice and spread on a plate along with 1tsp of oil,salt and turmeric pwd and mix well without making the rice mashed.

Heat a pan with remaining oil,add mustar+urd+channa along with curry leaves,once the seeds pop add slit green chillies along with cashew and ground nuts and fry for few mints till all ingredients turn light golden colour.Remove from the hob and allow to cool.

In the mean while cut the lemon and extract juice from it and keep aside.(For getting juice quickly from the lemon soak lemon in hot water for few mints then the juice comes easily.)Add this juice to the cooked rice and mix well.Then the fried ingredients and again mix well.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

This Chicken fry with roasted spices tasted very good with rice as well as with rotis for my lunch.I was bored making regular chicken fries and kurma's and i thought of making something different this time.Then i remembered this fry which is cooked with chopped onions and tomato's and with roasted spices i.e.(cinnamom,cardamom,cloves,little cashew nuts).My daughter liked it very much.

Add chopped tomato's and cook till they become soft.Once tomato's are cooked add chicken along with chilli,coriander and turmeric pwds.Fry on high flame for 5mints stirring occasionally.Then cook with closed lid till chicken is cooked.If you want you can add half a cup of water while cooking.

Once oil starts oozing out,add the grounded spices pwd and mix well and cook for few mints.

Finally add chopped coriander leaves and remove from the hob and transfer into a serving bowl.

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Hi Friends,since last week i was not feeling well because of sever cold n cough.So i can't done the blogging.At the same time for my daughter laky the school have given 2weeks holidays as she completed her 1st term,managing two kids in the home n cooking had became very difficult.

Coming to the recipe i have prepared Aloo Kurma with rotis for my dinner yesterday.For this kurma i grinded coconut and poppy seeds together.

Peel the skin of potato's and cut into small pieces and boil for 10mints along with turmeric Pwd,because it cooks fast if we add turmeric Pwd OR you can wash and cut potatoes into half and pressure cook for 3whistles.

Heat a pan with oil,add cumin seeds along with spices once they pop up add chopped onions and fry till they turn into golden colour.Add ginger garlic paste and fry for few mints till raw smell goes out.

Add chopped tomatoes and cook with closed lid till they become soft.Then add the cooked potato's along with chilli n coriander pwd and fry for few mints and cook with closed lid for 5mints.Add 11/2cup of water with required salt and stir well and again cook on medium flam.

Add grounded coconut n poppy seeds paste to the mixture and mix well and cook for 5mints till the gravy becomes thick.Finally add the chopped coriander leaves and remove from the hob.